Jannik Sinner, who won his first grand slam title in this tournament, to tell you the truth, upset the tennis romantics, including me, a little bit. First he completely paralysed djokovic in the semifinals, djokovic was eliminated without even a break of serve point. His opponent in the final, Medvedev, is not from the generation of the nadal-federer-djokovic big three, but he is one of the stars of the next generation, which we can make a trio as medvedev-zverev-berrettini, and he has been playing in such finals for years. When Sinner didn't show any presence at all in the first two sets of the final match, I was in a good mood, there are still some points for him to improve, but what did this guy do; he took the next three sets and won the match. Jokes aside, it was a great success for him and I enjoy this fresh breath in tennis.

Is the president even important in this story? I don't remember ever reading that their president makes statements on that topic, but that's not strange at all because it shouldn't be his job. This is about the fact that the law allows the use of a currency other than the domestic one for payment transactions and nothing more. Bitcoin can be successful in a country without the president or prime minister knowing anything about it, because if something is legal and brings profit, there is no reason to deal with it at the highest political levels.

His top individual donor, Melquiades A. Robles, was appointed chief of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in July 2022. He contributed P30 million directly to Marcos’ campaign, based on the President’s declarations to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

Cause the Philippines couldn't figure out its feelings towards cryptocurrency. The previous president's a little indifferent towards bitcoin and crypto, but the current one is actively against it and we even have news surrounding lately wherein Binance is no longer going to be legally supported in our country, which means we can't reliably use cryptocurrencies anymore as a P2P option.

This indecision could be one of the biggest reason why the country never really went so far as to advertise the island as bitcoin paradise despite the countless efforts in the past to beautify and furnish it as one. Not that there's anything wrong about it but it's a clear mismanagement on the government's part, and because of this the country can't even advertise itself as a bitcoin-friendly place anymore lol.

Hopefully something could change within its systems but I really wouldn't expect much at this point. Our president came from a long line of politicians known for graft and corruption, so there's that.

Dream...  this sounds funny when am not like Joseph the dreamer, if this had been working like this then many would have always take a nap before having their bets to receive the revelation before they start gambling at all, there are so many appro8 we take along with the way we are gambling and expect things to be like that even when the conditions isn't thesame way we expe9, I can't dream and assume that the next thing inline to do is by taking bet on what appears on my dream.

Being addicted to gambling can be a thorn in the flesh. We have heard many bad behavior from gambling addicts that shows that gambling is a serious concern requiring serious efforts at curbing it. Many casinos also include in their disclaimer "gamble responsibly" and this shows the danger of gambling addiction.

However, I'm wondering if addiction can make someone become aggressive to the point of leading to domestic violence. Has there been any known case of it happening? Lets know what you have to say.

It's their handler who brings fight for them they are just following the demands of promoters to make sure that there's audiences that will watch and bet for the fight, we don't know what are the plans but Munguia needs to win this and create a good hype to his name to call for a much bigger fight,

though like you mentioned this is a big test for him and Ryder will not waste also his opportunity to regain his name and climb back.

I was going through the mempool and I while checking the blocks that got confirmed, I found these two blocks which for me do not make any sense. As my understanding goes these two blocks were mined but the fee is missing. My first question is, What is this called, and how it is done? My second question who is responsible for it? My third question is has this happened in the past? I am confused as this is the first time I have seen it and I want to know more about it. I am sharing the screenshot below.

Why are there empty blocks?

When a new block is found, mining pools send miners a block template with no transactions so they can start searching for the next block as soon as possible. They send a block template full of transactions right afterward, but a full block template is a bigger data transfer and takes slightly longer to reach miners.

In this intervening time, which is usually no more than 1-2 seconds, miners sometimes get lucky and find a new block using the empty block template.

A PPV main event against Ryan Garcia would have been much more significant for either fighter instead of being on washed up Thurman’s undercard. I don’t get the logic of turning down better opportunities. Al Haymon is determined to keep everything in-house and make the most money possible for himself. Remaining loyal to PBC can be financially rewarding if you have the appeal of Spence, Wilder, and Davis who have had a lot of marketing behind their careers — for lower profile fighters it is often counterproductive and leads to inactivity and stagnation.

The reports that come about China, especially from Bloomberg, are not very credible. It is true that the situation in China is bad, but it is not as bad as you expect. China still has huge reserves to face all economic crises, but I see that the speed of armament and the geopolitical challenges are the problem, especially with the military moves towards Taiwan and the approval of the United States. The US Semiconductor Law (CHIPS and Science Act) are all factors that may indicate a new conflict in that region in the coming years.

People say that AI predictions are still reasonable, but I never use for a prediction that AI makes, I am more confident in my own predictions than by bot tools.

Well true personal research will far be an experience for us how to do our own analysis until the size is more accurate even though it is not perfect but still most people rely on their own predictions not on AI predictions.

If someone is able to combine then that's a good thing, but this method may be complicated for me.

don't get too confident that Thurman won't give a good fight on this, because do remember at one point on his boxing career, he had a very good performance. so if thurman wants to come back on this sports, for sure, he will do his part as well. so let us see what he's got this time. for Tszyu, don't get too complacent on this fight. it maybe a tune-up fight but if his opponent is indeed serious for his comeback, he can give a toe-to-toe fight inside the ring.

That's what the owner announced indeed in one of his last replies. His intention was to sell the website and its code and move to a new project.
The website is down, so I suppose this didn't work and no one was interested in buying it so he simply abandoned it.
Abandoning the website without updating this thread or making a proper announcement to warn potential users isn't cool at all. Personally, I won't invest in any project OP starts.

But if there was a game that gives people with skills a continuous edge not only over other players, but also over the house, where would this game to be found? I think one of the most important questions is who you are playing against. If it is the house, I think it would never be a game that gives you an >50% chance of doubling your money. Sports betting is taking care of the house edge by adjusting the odds. In poker or card games it depends I think. If you play against other players, the house doesn't care as they charge a fee for tournaments or the rake in cash games and would never be in danger to lose money. But when you play mind-card games online, you can never really tell whether you are playing against odds. That's why I play far less than I did in the past.

I am confused, though.
I thought the owner of this service had publicly announced it was going to shut down, hadn't he?
If the owner of this website had declared his intentions to stop support and eventually close the service, then it does not make sense much sense people continued to deposit and gamble there. Also, obviously, it is also quite irresponsible from the owner/operator of the casino/website if he did not put some announcement in his mainpage and closed down the ability for users to further deposit their funds. That is what common sense tell us all, I guess, and what I have seen from other casinos when they decided to close for good: public announcement in their web and restriction to deposit. If that did not happen it would be kind of admisible to say there are some shady behavior or attempt to scam others going on.

Does anyone have official information on what is up with this casino, was there was an official date for closure or not? Was there any kind of official communication channels or social media for people to know from the staff?

in offline casinos or physical casinos playing dice can still be cheating there. for example, there are controls on the container that is used to control the dice or can change the results. and there may also be small cameras. just like in casino films in the old days like good of gambler and more. in casino games the croupier always wins.
except sports gambling sports betting is very difficult for the croupier to cheat. if can, have to spend a lot of money.

That's true because by looking for a job and getting it, they can earn income that can be used to meet their daily needs. It is not recommended to play gambling every day because of the factor of defeat that will come to us, so we need to prevent big losses from happening to us. We cannot take the risk of losing too much money, especially if we gamble using money from our income because that will disrupt our family's finances.

It is very important to be able to use gambling as entertainment so that we don't gamble excessively. We also don't need to gamble if we see a bad impact that could happen to us, so we will look for other activities that can also provide entertainment for us.

That could happen as promoter are willing to fund that big fight since they are sure they can be profitable with their investments. But if one boxer which I think Davis does not agree with the terms ^{(his excused)} then the fight will never be realize. So far, Haney's journey is more interesting as he is moving up and he not afraid to fight anyone, whether he is the one challening or the opposite thing.


Mayweather's style could be a model that most of the undefeated boxers are following. It's just a business on their side as well, and they need to protect their investment as a loss might also result to decline of value. Look at what happened to Ryan Garcia, he tooked a tougher challenger and now his value have dropped.

There are many expectations, but I hope it will reach the final ATH price so that it can advance to even higher prices. but of course it won't immediately go up high, there will be price fluctuations, there will be corrections needed because that's normal. I bought at the beginning and held until now until the halving occurs and can reach a new ATH. that's what I really hoped for when the halving had happened.

I like this fight better than the Mayweather - Gotti fight because that's a total mismatch and not worth watching, while this one is a battle of two legends even though its an exhibition fight they can showcase their skills on the sports they have excelled that made them legends.
Obviously Pacquiao has an edge here since this is a boxing match where Pacquiao is well skilled on this combat, but Buakaw being a legend in his own sports can matchup Pacquiao's power and speed of course minus the kicks, elbows and knees.
I have seen how good is Buakaw he is fast but since he is restricted he will have to rely on his punching power but he needs to move a lot as Pacquiao is good at delivering his punches.